Independent Component 1

Title:  Independent Component 1
Label:  Independent Component
Due Date:  Friday 2/7 at 8AM
Content:  

• LITERAL
  (a) Statement saying: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
• I, Robinson Baron, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
  (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component
• My grandfather, Robinson V. Baron, M.D , and the 2014 medical mission is what helped me compete my independent component.
  (c) Provide a digital spreadsheet (aka log of the 30 hours).   Post it next to your mentorship log.
• done
• (d) Explanation of what you completed.    
• I went on a medical mission for two weeks traveling through three cities assisting in minor and major operations. Roughly, I can estimate I took part in around 50 minor cases and around 10 majors.
• INTERPRETIVE 
  Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  
  
• Basically, minor cases can take anywhere from 30 minutes to a little over an hour with all prep time included, major cases can take several hours depending on the complexity of the case... there were hundreds of people in each city we went, and so there was no shortage of work, I went way above and beyond the thirty hour minimum, and have may pictures to prove it. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 
• This mission helped me see what articles couldn't, by being paced in the situation myself I was exposed to the poverty and the people who could not afford basic medical care, and while one of my first answers was to sway away from an actual medical mission because the research I found supports data that they cause more harm than good, I know that in the short term, those people would not have gotten the help they needed, and I am ultimately glad I was able to take part. The people there never asked for anything, and were just happy to be receiving free care. 

Grading Criteria 

• Log on a digital spreadsheet 
• Evidence of 30 hours of work 
• LIA submitted to blog